ed jewel question

[spocker]

ed jewel question

if i socket say a helm or shield with an enhanced dmg jewel would that work and make the wepon do more dmg?
thanks,
spock

 

[superdave]

yes it will......

 

[Elgar]

yes it will, however in almost all cases its better in the weapon, because of the way bliz set up how ed works.

 

[SilentMagik]

yes it will, however in almost all cases its better in the weapon, because of the way bliz set up how ed works.

Can you or someone else please elaborate a bit on this. Exactly why and how is it better? I thought it didnt matter where you put it.

 

[Elgar]

Can you or someone else please elaborate a bit on this. Exactly why and how is it better? I thought it didnt matter where you put it.

EDamage in armor is added into your skill enhanced damage and not your weapon enhanced damage.

weapon ED is calculated and multiplied before skill enhanced damage. Therefore, an approximate damage equation would be
total damage= base damage of weapon * (1+weapon ED) * (1+skill ED)
If you have 2y enhanced damage youd like to split it so that weap and skill each have y ed. However most charcters that strike with a weapon have huge skill ed and not nearly as much weapon ed and therefore it is more profitable to put the ed in the weapon than in armor.